The Athena Project

By Brad Thor

Description

The world’s most elite counterterrorism unit has just taken its game to an entirely new level. And not a moment too soon . . .

From behind the rows of razor wire, a new breed of counterterrorism operator has emerged.

Just as skilled, just as fearsome, and just as deadly as their colleagues, Delta Force’s newest members have only one thing setting them apart—their gender. Part of a top-secret, all-female program codenamed The Athena Project, four of Delta’s best and brightest women are about to undertake one of the nation’s deadliest assignments.

When a terrorist attack in Rome kills more than twenty Americans, Athena Team members Gretchen Casey, Julie Ericsson, Megan Rhodes, and Alex Cooper are tasked with hunting down the Venetian arms dealer responsible for providing the explosives. But there is more to the story than anyone knows.

In the jungles of South America, a young U.S. intelligence officer has made a grisly discovery. Surrounded by monoliths covered with Runic symbols, one of America’s greatest fears appears to have come true. Simultaneously in Colorado, a foreign spy is close to penetrating the mysterious secret the U.S. government has hidden beneath Denver International Airport.

As Casey, Ericsson, Rhodes, and Cooper close in on their target, they will soon learn that another attack—one of unimaginable proportions—has already been set in motion, and the greatest threat they face may be the secrets kept by their own government.

Reviews

The Athena Project

5

By Block Islander..

Can't wait de the next one....! Every bit as good as Scott or Mitch Rapp

Athena Project

5

By LindyPetanque

Fast and furious action with a great plot. Couldn't put it down!

Horrible!

1

By Dino Brava

I have read all of Brad Thor's novels and loved them...except this one! Ridiculous female dialogue, the plot had more holes in it than Bonnie and Clyde, and the endless female stereotypes were seemingly created in the hormonally-charged mind of an eleven year old boy.
The major problem beyond this clunker of a novel is that Thor has warned (I mean promised) us that there will be more Athena Project novels to come! This threat (I mean promise) has already come to fruition with the Athena Project Barbie Dolls showing up in his latest novel, Black List! Thankfully, Scott Harvath is the main character and Black List ends up being a page-turner.
Brad, sometimes you just have to cut your losses and admit you have made a mistake. You simply are incapable of writing about women without emphasizing the superficial. You don't want to become known as the Russ Meyer of spy novels, do you??? Hey, we all have our faults, but most people don't write an entire novel pointing them out. Stick with Scott Harvath and your legions of fans will stick with you!

OK but for TOO many pages of contrived female prattle

3

By Sailndayz

Basic plot, OK. But stuffing the book with pages of mindless contrived female prattle really took this book way down in my opinion. Not very good.

Don't bother

1

By Slaplace

This has to be one of Thor's worst. He portrays his "all woman" covert team as ditsy and incapable of doing an assignment without stupid sexually themed dialogue. I think the author should stick to male operatives. At least he depicts them as professional and intelligent.

Ughhh

3

By Shippreck

It was ok. Keeps your attention but parts were veeeeerry cliche and I felt I could have written half of it. Poor structure.

Great book

4

By ev duavit

Worth the money!

Lousy

1

By Ciscobear

What a disappointment. Shallow, trite......etc. etc. Let's hope he isn't going the way of Patterson; just churn 'em out to make a buck.

Exciting!

4

By Curlyapplegirl954

I really enjoyed this book. It is rare to find a thriller where women are the operatives involved in various dangerous situations. Situations that they have to use their wits to get out of alive. No big,strong man has to come to their rescue. I love it!

Awesome as the others.

5

By Scott Stetson

Just like the rest action from start to finish. I look forward to the next installment.